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Kilkenny’s Phil Hogan to be handed EU’s most important Commission portfolio

By Kilkenny Now 2nd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THE Irish EU Commissioner from Kilkenny looks set to be handed one of the European Union’s most powerful roles. Reports coming from Brussels say Phil Hogan, who is currently the EU Agriculture Commissioner, is set to be given the Trade Commissioner role. It is understood Commissioner Hogan met with new Commission President […]

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Overcrowding at Kilkenny’s St Luke’s Hospital soars to record levels

By Kilkenny Now 2nd September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY ST LUKE’S General Hospital had its worst recorded August since figures began in terms of patients having to wait to get a bed. Last month, 455 patients were waiting on trolleys at St Luke’s, making the hospital the seventh most overcrowded hospital in the country as revealed by new monthly analysis by […]

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Kilkenny health and well-being destinations wanted for European awards

By Kilkenny Now 2nd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY VISITORS to Kilkenny are increasingly looking for breaks that offer authentic experiences through nature and local traditions. With this in mind, Fáilte Ireland is searching for emerging destinations in Kilkenny which provide a ‘health and well-being’ tourism experience to put themselves forward for an international award which recognises innovative

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WEATHER FORECAST: See what’s in store for Kilkenny this week

By Kilkenny Now 2nd September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Met Éireann has issued a yellow rain warning for most of the west coast from Cork to Sligo, and the rest of the country will feel the effects, but Kilkenny, along with Waterford, Wexford and South Tipperary may actually get away with just the odd shower. Today will be cloudy with the […]

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Worrying levels of pesticides detected in River Nore drinking water

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY Higher than permitted levels of pesticides have been recorded in Kilkenny’s River Nore. Irish Water, working in conjunction with the National Pesticides and Drinking Water Action Group (NPDWAG), is appealing to the farming community, sporting organisations and domestic users to monitor what materials are getting into the county’s river, in an effort

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No-deal Brexit threatens Kilkenny hospitality sector jobs: report

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY Nearly 2,600 people in Kilkenny are employed in the drinks and hospitality industry. This represents 6.2% of total employment in the county. These jobs are “highly vulnerable” to a no-deal Brexit according to a Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI) report highlighting the importance to the rural economy of the drinks and hospitality […]

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Kilkenny witnesses to fatal M9 crash asked to come forward

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2019 0

GARDAI are asking people from Kilkenny who may have witnessed a fatal crash to contact them. A man in his 50s was pronounced dead in St Luke’s General Hospital following a crash on the M9 motorway yesterday. The man was killed after the van he was driving crashed just before Junction 5 at Tinryland, Co […]

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Kilkenny births and deaths: far more boys being born than girls

By Kilkenny Now 1st September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY THERE are nearly three boys being born for every two girls in Kilkenny. The figures were revealed by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) in a new report published by the State body this week. According to the CSO’s ‘Q1 Vital Statistics’ report, 28 more boys were born than girls in the first […]

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Thieves break into car parked in driveway of Kilkenny home as owners sleep

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CASH and jewellery were stolen from a car parked in a driveway of a county Kilkenny house. The thieves struck while the owners were asleep inside the house at Maudlin Court in Thomastown. The incident happened between 9pm on Thursday and 8.45am yesterday morning. The owner went to get into her car, […]

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Taxi! HSE seeks Kilkenny drivers for patient runs to St Luke’s Hospital

By Kilkenny Now 31st August 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY TAXI and hackney drivers are being looked for to transport people to and from St Luke’s General Hospital The Health Service Executive (HSE) is looking for people to tender for a contract for a taxi/Hackney service for non-emergency patients at the Kilkenny hospital. The winning tender will supply the service in both […]